An avid writer and former competitive figure skater, Misti Traya
began acting in 2004, playing recurring roles on both "Joan of
Arcadia" and "Huff." She is best remembered while
co-starring as Fran Drescher's 15-year-old daughter Allison on The WB
sitcom "Living With Fran" (2005-2006).

Meanwhile, this 5' 3" actress has guest-starred in such TV
shows as "Nip/Tuck," "How I Met Your Mother," and
"Law & Order: Special Victims Unit." She also has
appeared in the films "In the Mix" (2005) with Usher and
"Material Girls" (2006) opposite Hilary and Haylie Duff.

Next, she will play the lead character in an upcoming TV movie
called "Libertyville."

Avid Writer

Childhood and Family:

Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, on September 23, 1981, Misti Dawn Warren
grew up in Los Angeles, where her actress mother, Kiersten Warren,
took her at the age of 7. An avid writer, Traya completed her first
book, "Pinkerton the Dog and the Cat Lucky," when she was
6, and wrote a poem titled "L.A. Women" in fifth grade. She
would later wrote “Curly Smoke,” a play based on the life
of Dorothy Parker that has been produced and performed in
Marlborough's Black Box Theatre.

At the age of 11, Traya enrolled in ice skating lessons and became
a competitive figure skater. However, she gave up ice skating at age
14.

Traya, who speaks French, was student body president of the
prestigious all girls school, Marlborough, in Los Angeles,
California. Graduating in 1999, she headed to New York to study
creative and non-fiction writing at Sarah Lawrence College. She
received her BA degree in Liberal Arts in May of 2003.

Traya is the grand-daughter of once-upon-a-time Southern Baptist
missionaries. Her stepfather is screenwriter Jonathan Lemkin.

Traya lives in Los Angeles, California, with her two dogs: a
Maltese named Bailey Jane and an orange sable Pomeranian named
Snacks. During her spare time, she enjoys writing, baking and making
her own jam.

Libertyville

Career:

Finding her love in performing while portraying a member of the
Palestine Liberation Organization in her 8th grade World Cultures
class, Misti Traya went on to participate in some school productions,
including as Bella in “Lost in Yonkers” and Ophelia in
“Hamlet.”

Following her graduation, Traya worked behind-the-scenes on the
independent film “Havoc,” in which she received an
on-camera role. In 2004, she landed recurring roles on the TV shows
"Joan of Arcadia," CBS fantasy/family drama series starring
Amber Tamblyn in which Traya played Iris, and "Huff," a
Showtime television program starring Hank Azaria in which she
portrayed Gail, Anton Yelchin's high school classmate and love
interest.

From 2005 to 2006, Traya co-starred as Allison Reeves, Fran
Drescher's 15-year-old daughter, on The WB sitcom "Living With
Fran."

Meanwhile, she appeared in the films "In the Mix"
(2005), a comedy directed by Ron Underwood and starring Usher
Raymond, and "Material Girls" (2006), a family/comedy
helmed by Martha Coolidge and starring Hilary and Haylie Duff.

She was also spotted as a guest in an episode of FX Networks
medical drama series "Nip/Tuck," CBS sitcom "How I Met
Your Mother," NBC police procedural drama "Law & Order:
Special Victims Unit," and in multiple episodes of the comic web
series "Getting Away with Murder."

Traya recently appeared in Robert Milazzo's little drama film,
"War Eagle, Arkansas" (2007). She will soon complete
filming a comedic TV movie called "Libertyville," in which
she stars as a dating-phobic divorced woman.